Air India launches its new Corporate Identity Programme with a fly-past of Boeing 747-200 "Rajendra Chola" in its gleaming new colours. The "Sun" chosen by the airline as its new symbol, prominently positioned in metallic gold on the aircraft tail against
a deep red ambassadorial sash extending from the top of the tail and draping over a portion of the fuselage is the highlight of the newly designed livery of Air India's aircraft. The new colours of red and gold constitute the dominant graphic image which will
be progressively used on all Air India's identity applications. Air India's Boeing 747 "Emperor Rajendra Chola" is the first aircraft to be retrofitted and painted with the new colours. The project was undertaken by HAECO, Hong Kong.

18 February 1989

Tashkent in Uzbekistan becomes online again. The weekly service is operated with an IL-62M aircraft wet-leased from Aeroflot, every Saturday.